Ghana

OWASP Ghana

Welcome to the Ghana chapter homepage. The chapter leader is Theodore Sagoe. Click here to join the local chapter mailing list.

Participation

OWASP Foundation (Overview Slides) is a professional association of global members and is and open to anyone interested in learning more about software security. Local chapters are run independently and guided by the Chapter_Leader_Handbook. As a 501(c)(3) non-profit professional association your support and sponsorship of any meeting venue and/or refreshments is tax-deductible. Financial contributions should only be made online using the authorized online chapter donation button. To be a SPEAKER at ANY OWASP Chapter in the world simply review the speaker agreement and then contact the local chapter leader with details of what OWASP PROJECT, independent research or related software security topic you would like to present on.

Local News

Ghana CyberSecurity aims to be the premier and marquee Information Security and Assurance event for technologists, auditors, risk managers, and entrepreneurs, gathering the world’s top practitioner, to share the latest research, case studies and practices, in the high energy atmosphere of the British Council, Accra.

• Live Training With Hands-On Bootcamp: Same courseware as APPSEC conferences, with Boot camp hours to reinforce learning.

• Your Instructor: OWASP Instructors are real world practitioners with years of experience.

• Networking: You will get to know your InfoSec peers and can collaborate long after the training, with a unique platform to showcase products and services to decision makers,
government, policy makers, investigators, regulators, law enforcement agencies, and security and defense establishments.

• Online tools: Access to free resources and audio files.

• Smaller class sizes: You get more one-on-one time with your instructor so you can master course material.

• Certification: You get a certificate at the end of your training demonstrating you have the technical skills needed to meet their security responsibilities.

• Standard: Many private companies and government agencies now require new job candidates to have knowledge of OWASP.

To get a formal quote for company or group registrations, please send an email to get quote

All attendees have access to of all Ghana CyberSecurity activities including Exhibitor Showroom and Networking session.

Cancellations, Refunds, and Substitutions

All ticket sales are final and our general policy is no refunds, but we are willing to make exceptions for extraordinary circumstances. Let us know if you think you should be considered for an exception.

In the event you are not able to attend the event, we are able to substitute registrations at no charge until December 1, 2013.

After December 1, a minimal charge will be associated with any substitute registrations to cover administrative and badge re-printing fees.

Want to sponsor this event?
OWASP events attract a variety of audience interested in “what’s next?” By becoming an OWASP Conference sponsor, you can increase your brand’s visibility while helping to support OWASP’S mission.

Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) is an open-source, not-for-profit application security organization made up of corporations, educational organizations, and individuals from around the world. Providing free, vendor-neutral, practical, cost-effective application security guidance, the organization is the de-facto standards body for web application security used by developers and organizations globally.

Jim Manico is the VP of Security Architecture for WhiteHat Security, a web security firm. He authors and delivers developer security awareness training for WhiteHat Security and
has a 20 year history building software as a developer and architect.

Jim is also a global board member for the OWASP foundation where he helps drive the strategic vision for the organization. He manages and participates in several OWASP projects, including the OWASP cheat sheet series and several additional secure coding projects.

Ahmed Neil:

BIO:

Ahmed Neil is Delta - Egypt chapter leader, since the year 2011. Neil is passionate with everything about security. He is working hard to make Web application Security possible in Egypt.

Ahmed Neil has a B.A. in Management Information Systems, a diploma in Information systems, and Msc. Information Security specializing in Computer Forensics from faculty of computers and information sciences - Mansoura university- Egypt. Recently, Neil is working as a Database Consultant at Mansoura university Information Network office.